Milking-stool.



PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

A. SGHROBDER, JR.

MILKING STOOL. APPLICATION FILED 111L229, 1907.

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ALBERT SCI-IROEDER, JR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MILKING-STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed July 29, 1907. Serial No. 385,933.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT SeI-InoEDER, J12, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milking-Stools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a milking stool having means for the support of thepail, said means being adjustable so that pails of various sizes may beused, and also so that the pail may be supported at any desired height.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a top plan view of the article. Fig. 2 isa side elevation.Fig. 3 shows details of some of the parts.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the stool is indicated at 6. "hesupport for the milk pail consists of a pair of outer bent arms 7 and apair of inner short arms 8. The arms 7 are bent as shown so as to reston the ground at the elbows, and said arms are connected at their innerends to the under side of the seat by bolts 9, spacing blocks 10 and 11being interposed to form recesses in which the short arms 8 may be slid.Said arms 8 fit in grooves indicated at 20 formed in the upper side ofthe arms 7, and may be slid in or out in said grooves, and fixed by setscrews 21. The outer-end of each of the arms 7 and 8 is provided with ahole to receive an upright rod or support 12 which is fixed atadjustment by a thumb screw 13. These arms 12 are offset at the top, asindicated at 14, in position to hook under the rim 15 of the pail 16. Byturning the standards 12 in the holes in the ends of the arms the offsetparts 14 may be swung into close or proper position under the rim of thepail, so as to hold the pail tightly, even in case of slight variationin size of different pails. Also the standards 12 may be raised orlowered, and so ad justed to the desired height.

Inasmuch as the elbows of the long arms 7 rest upon the ground under thepail, there is no danger of the stool and pail tipping over should themilker rise from his seat.

Slight variation in the size of the pails may be accommodated by turningthe standards 12. Greater variations may be accommodated by sliding thearms 8 in or out, as may be necessary. The piece 10 overlies the arm 8,so that said arm is held in place in the groove 20.

I claim:

1. A milking stool provided with a pail holder, comprising armsprojecting from the stool, and standards mounted on the outer ends ofthe arms and arranged to receive and support a pail therehetween.

2. A milking stool provided with a pail holder comprising a pair ofouter arms and a pair of inner arms projectingfrom the stool, and havingmeans at their outer ends to receive and hold a pail therebetween, onepair of said arms being adjustable, for various sizes of pails.

A milking stool provided with projecting arms adapted to hold a pailtherebetween, said arms being bent down in the form of elbows which reston the ground.

4. A milking stool provided with a pail holder comprising armsprojecting from the stool, vertically adjustable standards mounted onthe outer ends 'of the arms and arranged to turn therein and havingoftsetportions at the top adapted to engage under the rim of a pail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT SCHROEDER, .TR.

Witnesses H. G. BATCIIELOR, HENRY BENNING.

